MindMeister: New Features Galore!

Over the past half year, we’ve been busy working on a number of really new cool features in MindMeister. We know many of you have been eagerly awaiting this release – and so have we – so we’re very excited to finally announce this major update!

All-New Presentation Mode

This is easily the stand-out feature of the new MindMeister release, and naturally, we’re very proud of it.

Floating Topics

You can now create floating topics in MindMeister, i.e. branches that are not connected to the center topic, giving you even more freedom when creating clear and concise mind maps.

How to create floating nodes?

Drag the topic away from the center topic until the line is detached

Pressing and holding down the SHIFT Key while dragging a floating topic keeps it detached

To reattach a topic drag it towards to center node until the connection is made (or press SHIFT again while dragging)

Connection Labels

Organizing and structuring more complex information in MindMeister has just gotten a whole lot easier. You can now type the arbitrary connections between topics by adding a label, helping you to easily visualize relationships between sets of information.

How to create a label?

Create a connection between two topics

Click the edit icon at the base of the connection

Choose “Add Label”, type in your label and press ENTER / RETURN

Use the edit icon again to modify and delete labels

More Enhancements

Simplified sharing options

Sharing your maps is now a lot faster and simpler. You can easily switch between private, shared and public settings. Quickly generate a secure share link to invite friends to collaborate with you or publish your map to the public library with a quick click!

New map footer toolbar

The new map footer toolbar allows you to easily navigate your way around all the various mind map settings; properties, sharing, exporting and printing mind maps. It makes managing your mind map that little bit simpler!

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Retina display support

MindMeister now supports high DPI Retina displays on the map editor, map list, and most other important pages. (Note: to see a difference in the pictures on the left you will need a Retina display)

Smooth and fast zooming

The MindMeister zoom now uses modern CSS scaling technology which results in much faster and smoother zooming, plus much more accurate downscaling.

We hope you like the new release as much as we do! Let us know your feedback in the comments below 🙂

24 thoughts on “MindMeister: New Features Galore!”

I am really delighted you have implemented something I have been wanting to see somewhere other than CMAPS – the facility to do concept mapping by defining the relationships between concepts on a space – GREAT!

Some idea\’s upon first usage of presentation mode: – when you close the presentation mode, stay centered at the last slide location (currently reverts to central node, which is nice visually, but could also be achieved by adding central node as last slide, or by selectable option in the footer) – ability to view notes while in presentation (mouse-over unfolds too large to read when in a slide, popup cannot be opened when you click on it while in presentation mode)

Congrats to yet another super cool new release! – Presentation mode really rocks! – The connection labels make life so much easier

What\’s absolutely amazing is that you guys add life and functionality without cluttering the UI unlike some other companies out there in the market. Still a steep learning curve! Thanks for keeping MindMeister flying!

Thank you everyone for all the great feedback. We really value every one of your comments (suggestions and praise!!), we take everything into consideration as it helps us to keep improving MindMeister.

We are always excited when introducing new features to you and it\’s great to hear what you think!

Presentations cannot be viewed when embedded. You could make the mind map public and then link to the presentation from WordPress using an image. You can create a link to start the presentation automatically.

I first created an account in 2008. Since then I have used the service most of the time, I think I just had six months when I stop using it which was most recently. I\’m now back and it\’s certainly improved but I have one issue that remains and that is around scheduling and planning. Are there any developments on your plan to develop a better way to manage tasks and dates, when I have multiple project and therefore multiple maps is quite difficult to use the service to stay in control, to have visibility of multiple tasks and their timeframes. I don\’t imagine that you are planning to give an ability to export all live tasks to a Gantt chart, but any thoughts on what you might be working on would be very welcome.

Gantt charts are a must have if you would like to get money from me for this service. I´m thinking about booking some accounts for the company I´m working at, but without this feature this won´t happen.

I\’m really enjoying the theme/design of your weblog. Do you ever run into any internet browser compatibility issues? A few of my blog visitors have complained about my website not working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Opera. Do you have any suggestions to help fix this problem?